Dark Ages

Rise of Nobles

Age of Tyrants

Persian War

Golden Age of Greece

Peloponnesean War

431 BCE - 404 BCE

Athens vs. Sparta

Alexander the Great

336 BCE - 323 BCE

Hellenistic Period

336 BCE - 30 BCE

Greek culture spreads to areas conquered by Alexander.

Rome

Kingdoms

753 BCE - 509 BCE

The king took advice from a council of elders, which limited his power. His position was not hereditary; instead, he was elected by a committee of 300 members of the ruling patrician class (nobles) - the Senate.